Kilkenny County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Kilkenny County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons
until 1800.
of 1689 summoned by King James II
, Kilkenny County was represented with two members.
Irish House of Commons
The Irish House of Commons was the lower house of the Parliament of Ireland, that existed from 1297 until 1800. The upper house was the House of Lords...
until 1800.
History
In the Patriot ParliamentPatriot Parliament
The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The...
of 1689 summoned by King James II
James II of England
James II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
, Kilkenny County was represented with two members.
1689–1801
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament Patriot Parliament The Patriot Parliament is the name given to the session of the Irish Parliament called by King James II of Ireland during the War of the Two Kings in 1689. The parliament met in one session, from 7 May 1689 to 20 July 1689, and was the only session of the Irish Parliament under King James II.The... |
John Grace | Robert Walsh | ||||
| 1692 | Richard Coote | William Ponsonby | ||||
| 1695 | Agmondisham Cuffe | |||||
| 1703 | Sir Henry Wemys | |||||
| 1715 | William Flower William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow PC was an Irish peer and politician.He was the only son of Thomas Flower and his wife Mary Temple, daughter of Sir John Temple, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. Flower was educated at Christ Church College, Oxford and sat as Member of Parliament for... |
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| 1721 | Patrick Wemyss | |||||
| 1727 | Hon. William Ponsonby William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough William Ponsonby, 2nd Earl of Bessborough PC PC was an Irish and English peer and member of the House of Lords, styled Hon. William Ponsonby from 1723 to 1739 and Viscount Duncannon from 1739 to 1758... Styled as Viscount Duncannon from 1739 |
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| 1747 | Patrick Wemys | |||||
| 1759 | Henry Flood Henry Flood Henry Flood , Irish statesman, son of Warden Flood, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench for Ireland, was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and afterwards at Christ Church, Oxford, where he became proficient in the classics... |
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| 1761 | Hon. John Ponsonby | James Agar James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden James Agar, 1st Viscount Clifden was an Irish peer and politician.He was the second son of Henry Agar, a former MP for Gowran, and Anne Ellis, and probably born at Gowran Castle... |
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| 1776 | Hon. Edmund Butler Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret Edmund Butler, 11th Viscount Mountgarret was an Irish peer and politician.He was the son of Edmund Butler, 10th Viscount Mountgarret and Charlotte Bradstreet, daughter of Sir Simon Bradstreet, 1st Bart. He married with Henrietta Butler, daughter of Somerset Hamilton Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick on... |
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| 1779 | Joseph Deane Joseph Deane Joseph Deane was an Irish politician and judge who became Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer.- Background :He was born at Crumlin, Dublin, son of Joseph Deane and his wife Elizabeth Parker, daughter of John Parker, Archbishop of Dublin. His grandfather Major Joseph Deane was a close associate of... |
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| 1783 | William Brabazon Ponsonby William Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby , PC was a leading Irish Whig politician, being a member of the Irish House of Commons, and after 1800, of the United Kingdom parliament. Ponsonby was the son of the Hon... |
Hon. Henry Welbore Agar | ||||
| 1789 | Walter Butler Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde Walter Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde KP was an Irish peer and politician. Partly to sustain his extravagant lifestyle, Walter gave up his hereditary right to the grant of the prisage of the wines of Ireland for an enormous sum of money. The right had been made to the 4th Chief Butler of Ireland... Styled as Viscount Thurles from 1792 |
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| February 1796 | Hon. John Wandesford Butler | |||||
| 1796 | Hon. James Wandesford Butler James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde James Wandesford Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormonde KP was an Irish nobleman and politician. He was the second son of John Butler, 17th Earl of Ormonde and Frances Susan Elizabeth Wandesford.... |
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| 1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801... |
Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Kilkenny County Kilkenny County (UK Parliament constituency) County Kilkenny parliamentary constituency was former UK Parliament County constituency in County Kilkenny in Ireland. The County constituency returned two Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1801 until 1885.County Kilkenny... |
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